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VA Long Beach Healthcare System, formerly Naval Hospital Long Beach, is a system of
VA Long Beach Healthcare System, formerly Naval Hospital Long Beach, is a system of Veterans Administration
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers an ...
facilities in Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...
and other nearby cities. The main hospital, the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, sits on 100 acres of land at 5901 E 7th St, Long Beach. The healthcare system has primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, spinal cord injury, geriatrics, blind rehabilitation and extended care.
The hospital opened in 1942 as a Naval Hospital in 1942 with 300 beds to serve wounded World War 2
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilisin ...
servicemen. By the end of the war in 1945, the Naval Hospital had 1800 beds. Naval Hospital Long Beach also served as a major teaching hospital for the US Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
. On June 1, 1950, the Naval Hospital became VA Hospital Long Beach. The Navy purchased the land on September 25, 1941 from the Bixby family
The Bixby family is an American family that was heavily involved in the development of California ranches and real estate in the 19th and 20th centuries. Through various companies, they controlled at one time or another large swathes of California ...
of Rancho Los Alamitos
Rancho Los Alamitos takes its name from an 1834 Mexico, Mexican partition of the 1784 Rancho Los Nietos, a Ranchos of California, Spanish concession, covering an area in present-day California's southwestern Los Angeles County, California, Los ...
.
Congress did not appropriate money for a new Navy hospital until 1960 and provided $9 million to build a 500-bed facility on land sold to the Navy by the city which was located at Carson and the San Gabriel River.
The original site of the Navy hospital constructed at Carson Street and the San Gabriel River is now the Long Beach Towne Center.
See also
*California during World War II
California during World War II was a major contributor to the World War II effort. California's long Pacific Ocean coastline provided the support needed for the Pacific War. California also supported the European theatre of World War II, war in ...
* American Theater (1939–1945)
*United States home front during World War II
The United States home front during World War II supported the war effort in many ways, including a wide range of volunteer efforts and submitting to government-managed rationing and price controls. There was a general feeling of agreement that ...
*DeWitt General Hospital
DeWitt General Hospital was a World War II US Army Hospital in Auburn, California, in Placer County at the corner of C Avenue and First Street. The hospital was built in 1944 to care for troops returning home from overseas service and troops that ...
* Long Beach Naval Shipyard
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